The Origins Of Organized Charity In Rabbinic Judaism

Charity is a central concept of Judaism and a hallmark of Jewish giving is to provide for the poor in collective and anonymous ways. This book examines the origins of these ideas in the foundational works of rabbinic Judaism, texts from the second to third centuries C.E.

• | Author: Gregg Gardner
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 04, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 252 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1107095433
• | ISBN-13: 9781107095434